Modern ceramics and glass — 129: Modern Kunst
Kurt Spurey is an Austrian artist and ceramic sculptor.
He studied silicate technology at the Technical and Industrial College in Vienna. Spurey is known for porcelain vessels, bowls and vases in the style of abstract concretism and also creates outdoor sculptures in steel and aluminum, concrete and terracotta.
Otto D. Douglas-Hill or Otto Douglas Douglas-Hill is a German painter, sculptor, and ceramist.
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, in 1926 he founded his own workshop Douglas-Hillsche, where he produced vases, garden ceramics and tableware. Douglas-Hillsche also taught at the United State Schools of Liberal and Applied Arts in Berlin. In the 1930s he won the favor of the Nazi elite and worked for them, so after World War II he had to flee to Chile, and then he moved to Spain, where he lived for the rest of his days. Douglas-Hill mainly created prefabricated vessels with glazes of his own design.
Otto D. Douglas-Hill or Otto Douglas Douglas-Hill is a German painter, sculptor, and ceramist.
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, in 1926 he founded his own workshop Douglas-Hillsche, where he produced vases, garden ceramics and tableware. Douglas-Hillsche also taught at the United State Schools of Liberal and Applied Arts in Berlin. In the 1930s he won the favor of the Nazi elite and worked for them, so after World War II he had to flee to Chile, and then he moved to Spain, where he lived for the rest of his days. Douglas-Hill mainly created prefabricated vessels with glazes of his own design.
Beate Kuhn is a German ceramic sculptor.
She had an unprecedented influence on the development of German ceramics after the war, when in the mid-1960s she abandoned utilitarian ceramics in favor of free art.
After graduating from the Werkkunstschule in Wiesbaden, she founded her own workshop in Düdelsheim in 1957, developing a style that was already unmistakably her own. Here Beate Kuhn's sculptures were created from individual hand-carved and chiseled elements, which she assembled into a coherent whole. She transferred this stylistic principle of stringing geometric bodies to her designs of large-scale ceramic fountains. The artist's characteristic work can be found in every outstanding collection. The enormous number of prizes awarded to her underscores the recognition and appreciation she has enjoyed.
Bernard Leach, full name Bernard Howell Leach, is a British ceramics artist and teacher, considered the founder of the British school of pottery, bringing together East and West through him.
Because he spent most of his life in the Far East, imbibing a particular aesthetic, Bernard Leach's style is a combination of Western and Eastern art and philosophy. In particular, there is a marked influence of Korean, Japanese and Chinese ceramics, as well as traditional techniques from England and Germany. Leach viewed ceramics as a holistic combination of art, philosophy, design, and craft.
Elio Schiavon is an Italian ceramic artist.
He studied at the School of Ceramic Art in Nova and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. In 1954 he opened his own workshop called Schiavon Ceramiche in Padua. Schiavon realized his creative ideas in a very individual and original style. He ran a workshop in which experience, innovation, curiosity, sensitivity and passion were the main ingredients of his ceramics.
Dieter Crumbiegel is a German painter-painter and ceramist.
He studied ceramics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kassel and opened his own studio in Fulda in 1964. Dieter Crumbiegel's paintings, on the other hand, convey messages that are only revealed to him while he is painting. These works have no titles; instead, they are assigned an ordinal number.
Since 1961, Crumbiegel's works have been widely exhibited both in Germany and abroad, in Australia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Spain and Taiwan.
Elfriede Balzar-Kopp is a German ceramic artist.
She trained at the state ceramics engineering workshop in Höhr, worked in Karlsruhe at the State Maiolica Manufactory, and founded her own pottery workshop in Höhr in 1927.
Elfriede Balzar-Kopp initially focused on local Baroque vessels in her work and combined them with other styles. Her unique ceramic animal figurines, jugs, and genre scenes are sought after by collectors, and many of the objects she created adorn galleries around the world. Her son Heiner Balzar (born 1937) is one of the outstanding ceramic artists of the second half of the 20th century.
Gilbert Portanier is a French artist, painter and ceramist.
He studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, then opened his own studio in Vallauris. Portanier is known for the variety of forms of his ceramic works, which range from the most classical and structured to the most baroque. He is often called the "wizard of colors.
Nils Landberg is a Swedish glass artist.
He studied at the Göteborg Handicrafts Society School, then worked at the Orrefors glassworks, first as an engraver and since 1936 as a designer.
Landberg is known to the general public for his fine, elegant glassware and art glass. His most famous works are Tulip and Twilight. Landberg's works can be found in many public buildings throughout Sweden and are represented in several museums in Sweden, Germany and the USA.
Nils Landberg is a Swedish glass artist.
He studied at the Göteborg Handicrafts Society School, then worked at the Orrefors glassworks, first as an engraver and since 1936 as a designer.
Landberg is known to the general public for his fine, elegant glassware and art glass. His most famous works are Tulip and Twilight. Landberg's works can be found in many public buildings throughout Sweden and are represented in several museums in Sweden, Germany and the USA.
